Tuvalu
Tuvalu (TV, TUV) is a country in Polynesia, with Funafuti as its capital. The currency is the Australian Dollar (AUD, A$). The international dialling code is +688; mobile numbers are written like 90 1234. The time zone is Pacific/Funafuti. Official languages: Tuvalu and English.
CurrencyAUDA$
Dial code+688e.g. 90 1234
Time zoneFunafutiUTC+12:00
LanguageTuvalu+1 more
CapitalFunafuti
Population11.7K26 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Tuvalu
- Native name
- Tuvalu
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- TV
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- TUV
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 798
- IOC code
- TUV
- Demonym
- Tuvaluan
- Capital
- Funafuti
- Region
- Oceania › Polynesia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Polynesia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .tv
- Coordinates
- -8, 178
- Area
- 26 km²
- Population
- 11,733
- GDP
- $59.2M ($5K per person)
- Literacy
- 95%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
Australian Dollar AUD
- Symbol
- A$ narrow $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- $1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Funafuti | UTC+12:00 | none | Tuvalu Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +688
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 5–7 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 20 123 | +688 20 123 | XX XXX | 5 |
| Mobile | 90 1234 | +688 90 1234 | XX XXXX | 6, 7 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3}) | 2 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{4}) | 90 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{5}) | 7 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{State/province}
- Uppercase fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Region label
- island
- Predefined regions
- 9
Postal code
- Pattern
- Postal codes are not used
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Tuvalu) locale (en-TV), amounts in AUD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (AUD)
- $1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- ($1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Australian dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C